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How to Make Halloween Healthier for You and Your Children
By: Dr. Kwame Foucher, medical director, UnitedHealthcare of Illinois Halloween can be scary. Ghosts, ghouls and goblins abound, but the most frightening part of Halloween might be how many calories… Read more
On and Off Fasting Helps Fight Obesity, Study Finds
Up to sixteen weeks of intermittent fasting without otherwise having to count calories helps fight obesity and other metabolic disorders. Such fasting already shows benefits after only six weeks. This… Read more
Scientists Reveal the Relationship Between Sugar, Cancer
A nine-year joint research project conducted by VIB, KU Leuven and VUB has led to a crucial breakthrough in cancer research. Scientists have clarified how the Warburg effect, a phenomenon… Read more
More Teens Losing Sleep
Researchers found that about 40 percent of adolescents in 2015 slept less than seven hours a night, which is 58 percent more than in 1991 and 17 percent more than… Read more
Learning and Staying in Shape Key to Longer Lifespan, Study Finds
People who are overweight cut their life expectancy by two months for every extra pound of weight they carry, research suggests. A major study of the genes that underpin longevity… Read more
Científicos Revelan la Relación Entre el Azúcar y el Cáncer
Un proyecto conjunto de nueve años, conducido por VIB,KU Leuven y VIB, ha llevado a un progreso en la investigación del cáncer. Los científicos han clarificado como el efecto Warburg,… Read more
Más Adolescentes Pierden el Sueño
Investigadores encontraron que aproximadamaente el 40 por ciento de adolescentes en el 2015 durmieron menos de siete horas por noche, lo que es 58 por ciento más que en 1991… Read more
Ayunos Intermitentes Ayudan a Combatir la Obesidad, Dice un Estudio
Hasta dieciseis semanas de ayunos intermitentes, sin de otra manera tener que contar las calorías, ayudan a combatir la obesidad y otros desórdenes metabólicos. Tales ayunos muestran ya beneficios después… Read more
Aprender y Mantenerse en Forma es Clave para una Vida Mejor y Más Larga
La gente que tiene sobrepeso corta su expectativa de vida en dos meses por cada libra extra de peso que lleva, sugiere una investigación. Un importante estudio de los genes… Read more
FDA Approves New Targeted Therapy for Advances Breast Cancer
On September 28, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Verzenio (abemaciclib), a kinase inhibitor that disrupts cancer growth, for people with certain types of advanced or metastatic breast cancer… Read more
